here in these deep city lights

I am now 3 weeks in to my experience here in Philly.

I'll start with classes.
The work load is definitely less than I would have at Grantham. The work consists of mostly reading. In two of my classes I have at least one group project sometime later in the semester. In all of my classes I have at least one paper. Other that than it's pretty much just reading. History and Systems is probably my most boring class, but the small workload makes up for it ;)

Internship:
I just completed my second week at Dunbar School. I work there 10 hours per week. Last week consisted mostly of observing in the office and in classrooms. This week I got to work with students individually and I even worked with a group of 1st graders and led a session on bullying with the two other interns. We are going to continue that group session with different topics every week. Sometimes when students get kicked out of class for disruptive behavior I get to talk to them about what happened. Other times we get to play games with students to get them to open up. It will definitely be a great experience and I am looking forward to more hands-on opportunities.
We have done some fun things since orientation so I will share those. One Saturday a bunch of us went down to South Street and went exploring. There are many cool shops and restaurants down there. I went and saw Avatar in 3D. There is a movie theater down the street so a bunch of us went there last Tuesday. On Friday, Kristy and Travis came to Philly and we went to the Lakers/Sixers game! It was awesome! It was my first NBA game and so that was very exciting!! This past Saturday, we took a PSAB trip to Reading Terminal Market, which is a warehouse type place with loads of food vendors. So many options! After that 4 of us went exploring and shopping. We visited the Comcast building along with Love Park. (I have posted a picture from Love Park) We went shopping on Walnut Street, which is where all the good shopping is. There were some designer stores as well as stores like Gap, H&M, etc. While we were shopping it started to snow! So we made our way back to campus.

Its the weekend again so that means more exciting things to do!
I am not totally sure what my plans are this weekend but on Sunday we are taking a PSAB trip to the Art Museum and we are also having a Super Bowl Party. I'll update again soon. PEACE.